Hey Y'all from the NFCB conference in Atlanta, GA
I'm in Atlanta GA for the National Federation of Community Broadcaster's Conference. We arrived last night and today (it's nearly 6pm here right now) was the first full day.
I started out a bit bleary-eyed from jet lag this morning, thinking I had developed some kind of immunity to caffein. I nearly overslept and was late to the welcome and conference open. Stayed up too late because I wasn't sleepy, then couldn't get my sorry self out of bed in time to do anything but shower and wolf down some under done scrambled eggs for breakfast.
After the opening session my next stop was devoted to Financial Management and Budgeting for New Managers. Although I am not, and do not expect to be a manager, new or otherwise, I learned some things that will certainly help me be a nuisance as the KZFR budget committee begins meetings next week. Yes!
There was a fine lunch and I had a delightful conversation with a man from South Carolina who manages a Cool Jazz station, sponsored entirely by the B'hai Faith. What a great gig he has, great music, a positive message for listeners and no need to raise money. Vey nice man.
After lunch I attended a session devoted to updating the Corporation for Public Broadcasting's (CPB) latest activities. KZFR received its first CPB grant last year, and I found a great deal of the information very enlightening and encouraging at this session.
In the last session of the day I found myself the moderator. It was billed as a Solution's Center for Board Members and I think the people who attended thought that I might have some solutions to offer. They were nice enough to stick around for more of a comisserating session when they discovered that no oracle was included. It was very enjoyable connnecting with some board members from other stations.
Right now I'm waiting to gather with my Zephyr cohorts to share our respective days at the conference and to get some dinner. I'll share more tomorrow.